Tag Archives: Housing Markets

With the fall season well underway, the housing market is showing signs of slowing down with declines in demand and inventory.

The majority of metro housing markets are showing signs of health, which will make for sustainable growth in the near-term, according to Nationwide's Health of Housing Markets Report.

Although the housing market was one of the main drivers of the crisis on the U.S. economy, the housing sector has made significant recovery and cities are beginning to find their footing in the market again.

The housing market is slowly but surely inching closer to normal levels with the help of economic and job growth, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index released Thursday.

Compared to a year ago, the overall pace of sales nationally has sped up. Last spring, about 62 percent of all homes Trulia track nationwide were still on the market at the 60-day mark. Wednesday’s report showed that number is now down to 60 percent.